Three-quarter length seated portrait of ... Size:smallThree quarter length seated portrait of Captain Haji Mansur on his dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Haji Mansur, the nakhoda or captain of the dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger travelled from Dubai to Bahrain Island, sits on a platform at the bow of the boat holding on to some tied rope. He is wearing a T shirt and a wraparound skirt and has a taqiyah cap on his head. Behind him a wooden yard has been lashed to the bow of the dhow, and a
In the far distance salt bushes grow scattered across a vast salt flat bordered by high dunes
In the distance beyond low rolling dunes stretch out towards the horizon below a vast cloudless sky
with a rounded stern and a pointed bow
while on the right an older boy rides alone on a small grey camel
and a monk keeping the birds back
with round houses on a hillside in the distance
In the foreground three camels are couched on the ground next to some bushes
In the distance a few trees grow amongst rolling dunes
In the distance beyond a large dune rises into a high crest in the far right background
A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands on a Dubai street in front of a stucco wall
The saddled camel stands in an open area of flat sand
View of the crests of sand dunes in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands)
